What's the difference between comeliness and pulchritude?

Comeliness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being comely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Any remarks Uncle Disgusting made about the comeliness of said nubile females were countered in print either with an onomatopoeic representation of someone vomiting (which, if memory serves, went “SPEEEEEEEOOOOOW!”) or with the phrase “pass the sickbag, Alice”.
  • (2) If she sounds like a cliche – another cocksure, ambition-driven engine who was "born to act" bravely battling the hazards of her youthful comeliness – Lawrence is enough of a surprise package to keep her interesting and likable.

Pulchritude


Definition:

  • (n.) That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
  • (n.) Attractive moral excellence; moral beauty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For those not yet initiated, Brick is the 41-year-old writer who this week graced the Daily Mail with a long article about the advantages of her great pulchritude (lots of attention from men, who only have to drive past her in their cars to be overcome with the need to purchase a gift for her) and the disadvantages (unerring hatred from all women, who are jealous of the threat Brick's very existence poses to their own relationships with said men).

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